Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1888 — Willie’s First Letter, [ARTICLE]

Willie’s First Letter,

Ohieagi Tribune. Proud father ion a visit to friends in A distant eitv)—Hallo! This is a letter from my little boy Willie, five years old. It’s the first one he has ever written to me. I wonder what the dear little fellow has to say. (Opens letter and reads aloud.) “Dear Papa—This is my first letter to you”—bides his heart, I’ll keep it always—“and I am afrade you ckn'tread it”—why, anybody could read it. He writes better than many a boy twice his age—“but I thot yoa would like to hear from me. I miss yoa so much”—think of it! Only five years. old!“and I am trying to be a good boy” —isn’t he a little fellow to be prond of? —and I go to Sunday school just as reglar”—l knew he would—“l hgd. A scrap last night with Bill Cooney and I done the blame little rascal and his brother both up in about five minutes” —’m—er —’m—the rest seems to be ia relation to-mere family matters that yon wouldn’t ears t shear. ‘